College basketball preview: Colorado State at No. 5 San Diego State

Time: 5 p.m. - Location: Viejas Arena - Watch: ESPNU

Feb. 1, 2014

Air Force's Marek Olesinski, #0, jumps up to block CSU's JJ Avila, #31, as he takes a shot during the game on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, CO. Avila scored 21 points for CSU contributing to his team's 74-68 win of Air Force. / Erin Hull/The Coloradoan

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SAN DIEGO — If there was ever good a time for CSU to release all of its bottled up frustration from an up-and-down season, Saturday would be perfect. The Rams have dropped three of their past four games and will be wrapping up a two-game road trip against red-hot San Diego State at Veijas Arena, where they’ve lost 10 in a row.

The Aztecs, ranked No. 5 in the nation, are riding a 17-game winning streak, which includes a 10-point victory over Colorado State University on Jan. 1 at Moby Arena. All four of CSU’s subsequent losses have come by single digits, including road affairs at New Mexico and Utah State.

Rams’ guard Daniel Bejarano, who’s second in the Mountain West in conference scoring at 20.8 points per game, said if his team wants to snap the current skid, it can’t pay attention to the Aztecs national ranking. CSU feels like all of its conference losses could have been prevented if the Rams didn’t let the games break them down on defense in the final 10 minutes.

A win for the Aztecs would give coach Steve Fisher his 300th at SDSU in less than 15 seasons.

Fans can follow Coloradoan reporter Matt L. Stephens for live in-game updates Saturday from Viejas Arena in San Diego.